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UNITED STATES PATENT Frior SAMUEL SHUL'IZ, OF MOSCOW, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,793, dated October1l, 1875 application filed l March 25, 1875. i

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SHULTZ, of Moscow, in the county of Hickmanand in the State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Haines 5 and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making apart of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a hamefastening, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to `make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of a haine embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a view of Figs. 3 and 4L are detached views of certain partsthereof.

. A represents an ordinary wooden haine, in the under side of which islet in and fastened aplate, B, provided on its inner side with a seriesof transverse grooves, a a. The front edge of the haine is cut beveled,and lined with a strip, b, of sheet metal the saine length as the plateB. C is the book to which the hame-tug is fastened, which hook is hingedto a three-sided metallic frame, D, of such size Y as to it around thefront edge and outer and inner sides of the haine. The inner side of theframe D forms two prongs, d d, which fit in any two of the grooves a inthe under side of the plate B. On the outer side of the frame D, closeto the hinge which connects it to the hook O, is a spring-catch, f,which enters notches c in the outer face of the hame A to hold the framefrom becoming detached. The -frame D may be raised and lowered at will,so as `to adjust the height at which the hametng is attached to thehaine. In the outer` edge of the haine A, near the upper end, are madetransverse grooves wx to receive one cross-bar of asquare link, E, saidcross-bar being made round, as shown. The grooves in the haine arecovered by means of a pivotal plate, G, which is held fast by aspringcatch, l1.. By these means the upper connection of the two hainesmay be adjusted up and down at will.

` Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. The combination of the haine A, plate B, with grooves a, hook C, frameD, with prongs d, and spring-catch j", substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of February, 1875.

f i SAMUEL SHULTZ.

Witnesses:

C. L. EvERT, W. A. SKINKLE.

